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Host rating
100 %
Last replied
29 Oct 2025
Reply rate
85.6 %
Usually responds within 12 days
Feedback
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Description
Hi, I'm Mikhail (Misha). My life here revolves around agriculture and my Italian pizzeria. We live 30 km from the Southern capital of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Almaty) at the foot of the Trans-Ili Alatau mountains. I invite guests for assistance in creating a park area, landscaping and building a house.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Language practice
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Interests
Adventure sports
Camping
Hiking
Mountain
Winter sports
Gardening
Languages
Events & social
Farming
Drawing & painting
Cooking & food
Art & design
Cycling
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Language exchange, drawing and art, sports and cycling. The chance to learn about the Italian and other cuisines and agriculture.
Help
I invite guests to help for gardening at the pizzeria, assistance in creating a park area, landscaping and building a house. In these summer months (2025) I especially need help with building the horse farm.
Languages
Languages spoken
Russian: Fluent
Italian: Intermediate
English: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
I'm interested in practicing Italian.
Accommodation
I offer accommodation in a comfortable house for guests. There is hot water, a shower, a toilet and a kitchen.
There is also tent camping and sleeping equipment on site.
Meals are available 3 times a day with European and Italian cuisine. We also offer a Vegetarian cuisine, fruits and vegetables from our agriculture.
What else ...
I offer mountain walks, bike rides, a small swimming pool, yoga and meditation. I also offer cooking courses and pizza master classes. A past workawayer kindly made a guide to living and working at Non Solo Pizza which contains everything you need to know including how to use the sauna here, what projects need to be done and recipes!
Check out our Instagram: @ ask us for the link
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
My animals / pets
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Feedback (10)
Violette helped a lot at the kitchen and cooked nice food, also he helped us in the garden.
We are very grateful for the time we shared… read more
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(4.8)
Cultural exchange:
(4.9)
Communication:
(4.8)
Violette helped a lot at the kitchen and cooked nice food, also he helped us in the garden.
We are very grateful for the time we shared… read more
He helped me build fences for the horse farm with the same enthusiasm and also cooked excellent real Italian food that you will not find in restaurants.
Daniele is very sociable, intelligent and always very positive.
His skills in construction and communication helped me a… read more
We stayed in a van and were able to stay in a great spot on their property, overlooking the mountains!
We did some construction work (welding, installing siding, for example). We also cooked (helping out at the pizzeria), where we learned how to make pizza dough (thank you!)… read more
Aaron is a very nice guy, we would like to see him again 😉
Micha is a very kind and interesting person with many talents. He makes you feel perfectly at ease in his home.
We spent time helping with the cooking in the pizzeria, welcoming guests for pizza workshops and creating designs for the menu, all the while… read more
in practice: Kiara helped me a lot with the construction of technological… read more
